Audemars Piguet

Thanks, A.L.B., for the inspiration, anytime is a great time for an AP wristshot!  

One of two original complete Royal Oak Chronograph prototypes that launched a doomed project exploring the limits of treatments on stainless. This was not just PVD, DLC, or even ADLC (though those processes were explored too, way before they were commercialized within the watch world) 

The first two "proof of concept" pieces are now over 10 years old, and this one has been around the world more than 20 times, sailing on the Hydroptere on the Cote d'Azure just outside Cannes; driving  Romain Grosjean's back up F-1 car at Paul Ricard and the Hungaroring; qualifying for a racing license in open wheeled open cockpit Skippy cars; helping keep time as its wearer flew down the road at 178mph as part of the aerodynamic aids of a Honda VFR1200; 

basically just living life...

In the picture above, just chillin' down the street from Taipei 101...

not bad for a fairly active life, eh, wot?

I just wish my body was in nearly as good shape...

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